Self-fitting skirt.



J. CORN.

Patentf Apr. 8, 1913 iliil {FE-D JOSEPH CORN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SELF-FITTING SKRT.

Application tiled .Tune l5, 1912.

Specification of Letters Parent.

Patented Apr., S, li,

Senio n0 :fo-3,5%

To all whom i may confie'm Be it known that I, JOSEPH Conn, residing in the cit-y, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-l `itting Skirts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a self-sidjusting skirt, and the particular object, soughtI to be attained is to provide a skirt Vith means formed adjacent the hip and waist portions' whereby it will fit snugly and smoothly to n varietyof sizes of'tigures, und further, to so shape and foi-ni certain ports ut the hips, thaty when the skirt is applied, it. will assume a graceful and stylish curve or dip in its forward portion.

A further ohjert to give such Character to the hip parte` mentioned, that the curve or dip atthe frontI will he automatically increased to an appropriate degree, and with out tendency lo wrinkle, in cases where a skirt of n given size is upplied to e, rela tively larger figure, whereby to inun'ofe he Stylish appearance and Set of the shirty ou such larger figure,

Other objects and aims ot the invention, more or less broad than those stated al uw, together with the advantages inherent. u'ill be in part eln'iouS and in party speviirally reterred` to in the course ot' the following description; and ti!- seope ol` promotion con teniplated appear in ille claim.

In the .accompanying drawing, wherein is illustrated a merely preferred toi-in of the invention; Figure l is n side elevational view of a portion of u tisruro heffing n shirt, constructed in accordance with this invention, titled thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one of the Aside gussets ein pioyed, illustrating the same in its non extended, or normal condition: 3 is i diagrammatic view, developed .troni Fig, i?, illustrating, in heavy dotted lines. the nur mal position ot' the parte as in Fig. 2, and. illustrating, in full lines, the position of the parts when applied to a ligure, the illus t-rutecl relative niovemeni| of parts being further aggravated when the skirtr is applied to a re `ivelfiy larger ligure; hij. l :i vel tical, detail, sectional View taken on the relatively straightvertical seaine. 2 for join-n ing together ill various gores 3. und having' preferably a hack placket l for the usualivr purpose The nist-hand has portions out therefrom at opposite si` und the eliirt has cut einu portions coun-ident with the eut-away porions et the waist-hand. The openings. thus foi-ined in the shirt may he outlined, along` the front. side, hy the relatively normally stinight edge G of one of the scams 2, and, at the buck and bottoni, by an increasingly curved line 7 extending downwardly from the waist-bend and inorging into the. treight edge 5 of the seam 2 et a point well down over the hips at 8. The greater portion of the line or edge 7 is .substantially parat under normal `condiflionzft. with the .sti l itJ edge of the seam, though it muy. uithouib 'interfering nia leriully willi the usefulness of theisliirt, haw ill upper cui! brought nearer'to or farther troni the straight edge No poi'- ion of ihn l f T ase-urnes, a relntivelv orizontul position thm is to say, that, frhin the point Q, it ni'iuiuully curves upwardly, In this -cutezimijc portion, thus outlined, and :iltzuhed to the nmlvrial liouudinef the nume, is n section or gue-wt ol5 jersey orA other soft pliable material l 'lu upper edge et' the gusset is out traigltt wiihxlie waist-'initrd and is preferably turned bank upon itself as aty Yi0 and stitched by a douhle row of stitching il to a severed length of elast-ic tape l, The opposite ends of the elastic are tixediy connerted to the adjacent end portions ot' the waisthaud as at 15. The lapping portion l0 of the gusset Serres to reinforce the elzmtic EtY is preferably stitched to the eiustio while said' elastic is iu :in extended condition so that. in use, it is quite full, exz'ept when the skirt is applied Gti to an exceptionally large figure. This fullness being soft, however, does not interfere vwith the set and appearance of the skirt in any way, the pliable material merely serving to ll, or close, the otherwise open space. Assuming the skirt to be applied to a figure of a size requiring no distention of the elastic 1'2, (a condition which is not in tended shall occur in practice); the parts will stand in the position shown in Figg, wherein the straight edge 6 of the side swr-fi 2 is substantially vertical. The front portion of the skirt, under this condition, would hang straight down wit-hout any dip or inward curve whatever.' An important feature of this invention, however, is that no special provision need be made in the design of the pattern of the skirtor producing ma properly proportioned curve, or Hip, when the' skirt is draped upon the body of the wearer.

Suppose new the shirt be applied to a figure requiring a slight distention of the elastic 12; the upper portions of the edge 6, and of the edge 7 will be separated, the edge G will be bowed hacltwardly into agraceful curve by thc connection at point 8 and the gradually diminishing pull occasioned by the upward curvature of the edge 7 upon said point and adjacent material. The intermediate portion of the edge i' will he drawn backwardly to permit a backward movement of the hip portion of the rear of ,Y the shirt for accommodating theincreased size of the ligure. All positive and fixed points of pull are eliminated by the coperation of the curved edge 7, and the expansion of the-skirt is accomplished'withont producing any unsightly wrinkles in the mate rial of the shirt. The rearward movement of? the point S, with the. diminishing pull from the curved edge T, and consequent curvature of the edge will draw back the front section of the skirt, below the waistline, into a desirable sweep or curvature such as londe style and distinction to the garment.

lt willv be here. noted that the upward inclination of the edge 7 from the point 8 along a curved line, produces a slightuip ward pull combined with the rearward pull, for avoidingI wrinkles bv distributing the pull downwardly along the seamlhelow the point, S and thus increases the graccfulncss of the curve in the front of the skirt.

lt will', of course, be understood, that there is a section of material 9 preferably et cach side of the shirt and that these sections of pliable material exercise little or no ofiice in effecting the set of the kirt.

if the skirt be applic to an unusually 'large figure, then obviously the curves .will

be more ijironounced, but none the lr race i'ulL il? reicrence to 51g. f3, it will De seen that the point 8 and edge t3 will move farther rearwardly and increase to a desirable l sweep of the front of the skirt will be increased only to a degree appropriate to the increased size of the figure. If theyhip measurement of the fi re be increased without a proportioned increase in the 'waist mgasurement, then the edge 7 will bilbwetl owing W MW' Adeeper, and this deeper y the point 8 farther backward, but thspoint will not be appreciably lifted because of the fact that the material ofthe'skirt, below the point 8, is suicient to maintain'thex edge 6 substantially straight, and this edge being practically vertical, the point 8 will swing upwardly only a very little. The backward movement of the rear of the skirt drawing with relatively greater force at substantially the middle portion of the curved edge 7, (note that the lower end of the gusset, that is, the point 8, is well. down over the hips,) tends to straighten out the lower half, and this tendency is satisfied to the extent of smoothing out any wrinkles which would yotherwise appear radiating from the point 8. The result is a smoothly setting skirt A notwithstanding the lfact that the ligure upon which it is draped may be abnormal inlproportions.

s changes in the details of construct-ion could'be made wit-hout departing from the scope of this invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the follow- `-ing claims is intended to cover all of the Ageneru: and specilie features of the invention herein described and allA statements of the scope of the invention, which as a matter of l language, might be said. to fall therebetween. Having thugflggacribed my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters lPatent, is:

A. self-adjusting skirt having an opening extending from the waistband downwardly well over the hips, the material of the skirt forming the sides of said opening being spaced apart at the top vandconnected by an elastic tape, the material of the skirt 4forming the front side of the opening eX- tending normally substantially straight downwardly from the waist-band, and the material of the shirt forming the rear side ott-hc openingV being iun'maily substantially parallel with the material of the skirt fornimg ilhe forward sid? of the opening 101' al. prnxmmt'ely half lts length downwardly and being; connected t0 the material of the Skirt forllng the front sido at its ower and7V und an exlenss'e gusset of a, Shap@ t0 fill said opening ixcd io the material of the e :wie tape, U fur the purposes sei; forth.

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